Broadway lectures Tucson AZ

Richard T Hanson

Anything Goes! The Wit & Wisdom of Cole Porter

  Anything Goes! ANYTHING GOES! The Wit & Wisdom of Cole Porter dazzles with the chic, elegant and witty world of the great Cole Porter.  His music: Lush, lively, romantic and bright. His lyrics: Always sophisticated, bawdy, sensual and sly! A Cole Porter song is like a Faberge egg – exquisitely crafted and one of a kind Cole Porter lived in two worlds: the smart, international...

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With A Song In My Heart: Jewish Songwriters & American Songs

With A Song In My Heart With A Song In My Heart: Jewish Songwriters and American Songs toasts the American Jewish composers and lyricists whose collective genius created the Golden Age of the American Musical Theatre. With A Song In My Heart traces the musical evolution of Jewish immigrants and their children who took us “Over The Rainbow” and led us through the Great American Song...

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The Great American Songbook

  THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK explores a century of American popular song, celebrating our greatest singers, songwriters, and songs. The Great American Song Book honors the songs which shaped the American experience and created an emotional history of our times. Song is the most beloved of the arts. People speak of “my song” or “our song.” As we...

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Gotta Sing! Gotta Dance!

Gotta Sing! Gotta Dance! GOTTA SING! GOTTA DANCE! explores the creation of the American Musical Theatre and traces the influence of Minstrelsy, Vaudeville, Burlesque, Revue, Musical Comedy and Operetta in the evolution of this unique American form of lyric theatre. From Stephen Foster to Stephen Sondheim, Gotta Sing! Gotta Dance! charts the evolution of the America’s great, original gift...

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Fascinatin’ Rhythm!

Fascinatin’ Rhythm! FASCINATIN’ RHYTHM! toasts the tunesmiths and poets of Broadway and Hollywood whose collective genius created the Golden Age of the American Musical Theatre and popular song. Fascinatin’ Rhythm! celebrates the musical heritage of America’s great composers and lyricists. Before Gershwin and Berlin, there was Jerome Kern, who is considered the father of modern American...

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Another Op’nin’ Another Show!

  Another Op’nin’ Another Show! ANOTHER OP’NIN’ ANOTHER SHOW! is a three-part musical lecture series that goes backstage and behind the curtain to explore the creation of over 30 iconic American Musicals. Meet the composers, lyricists, designers, producers, directors, choreographers and stars who toiled out of town constructing masterpieces of the American Musical...

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